2008 Biomass Utilization and Stewardship Contracting Workshops

The Biomas Utilization and Stewardship Contracting Workshops were a very big success this past May 2008. Feedback and follow up from participants coming soon.

Overview of workshops:
The goal of these workshops is to explore and discuss the challenges, opportunities and tools for biomass utilization in the Sierra Nevada. We will introduce tools, focusing on stewardship contracting, for enhancing the removal and productive use of biomass from the region’s forestlands. The nuts and bolts of stewardship contracting will be examined, focusing on developing collaborative contracts between community partners and the Forest Service to achieve multiple ecological, community, and economic benefits. Registration information and fees can be found by using the link above.

This workshop's target audience includes public, private, and tribal natural resource managers; policy makers; natural resource professionals; loggers, biomass contractors; interested businesses and entrepreneurs; investors and funders; economic development agencies; environmental organizations; and conservation groups.

Workshop sponsors include:

• Sierra Business Council
• Resource Innovations, University of Oregon
• University of California, Center for Forestry
• California Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils
• USDA Forest Service, Region 5
• Sierra Nevada Conservancy